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Genre: Drama, War
Country: East Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
deep, crying, inspirational, complex
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, prisoner, nazi, concentration camp, communism, shoah, military, wartime life, nazi concentration camp, world war, holocaust survivor ...
Place:
east germany, germany, poland, frankfurt germany, german democratic republic ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
In a small town in Nazi-occupied Slovakia during World War II, decent but timid carpenter Tono is named "Aryan comptroller" of a button store owned by an old Jewish widow, Rozalie. Since the post comes with a salary and standing in the ...
Style:
sincere, atmospheric, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, store, genocide, nazi, fascist, politics, fascism, rescue, human nature, against humanity, danger ...
Time:
1940s, year 1965, year 1942
Place:
slovakia, israel, eastern europe, czechoslovakia, europe ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The Hiding Place is an account of a Dutch family who risk their lives by offering a safe haven for Jews during World War II
Style:
bleak, spiritual, independent film, uplifting, realistic ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, nazi concentration camp, world war two, jew persecution, christian, faith, christianity, shoah, christian faith, religion, political intrigue ...
Time:
1940s, year 1975, year 1940
Place:
holland, europe, netherlands
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Genre: Drama, History, Music, War
Country: Greece
Duration: 230 min.
Story:
This expansive Greek drama follows a troupe of theater actors as they perform around their country during World War II. While the production that they put on is entitled "Golfo the Shepherdess," the thespians end up echoing scenes from ...
Style:
contemplative, slow cinema, aesthetic, art film, road movie ...
Plot:
world war two, masturbation, greek, greek civil war, resistance, male nudity, rape, dream, holocaust, worker, holocaust survivor, greek history ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 1930s, year 1975, year 1939 ...
Place:
greece, europe, ancient greece
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Director, Seven Beauties stars Giancarlo Giannini (Swept Away) as Pasqualino Frafuso, known in Naples as "Pasqualino Seven Beauties." A petty thief who lives off of the profits of his seven ...
Style:
black comedy, humorous, disturbing, cynical, biting ...
Plot:
world war two, prison, dark humor, concentration camp, nazi, survival, mental disorder, pow, prisoners of war, prostitution, male nudity, nazi concentration camp ...
Time:
1940s, year 1975, 1930s
Place:
italy, naples italy, europe, southern italy, russia ...
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Genre: Action, War, Drama
Country: Poland, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A dramatic re-enactment of the Warsaw Ghetto Jewish uprising in April 1943 were 650 armed members of the Jewish Fighting Organization of Poland held off a 3,000 strong Nazi force in which only a handful of Jews survived. Tom Conti plays Dolek ...
Style:
thought provoking, tense, captivating, sincere, bleak ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, racism, nazi, holocaust survivor, racial discrimination, anti semitism, confined, heroes, against humanity, military, survival ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
europe, poland, warsaw poland
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA, Croatia
Duration: 126 min.
TV show
Story:
In the late 1930s, world politics begin to head in a dangerous direction. In Europe, Germany expands and rearms and proceeds to annex several border countries into the Reich. Meanwhile, Italy attempts to establish a Facist Colonial Empire under ...
Style:
sentimental, contemplative, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, luftwaffe, u.s. navy, military, world war, jewish girl, anti semitism, cheating wife, holocaust survivor, wartime, navy ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
germany, italy, berlin germany, japan, china ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: France, Canada, Hungary
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Polish Martin Gray (Michael York) recalls the Holocaust, New York prosperity, and losing his wife (Brigitte Fossey) and family.
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, nazi, holocaust survivor, nazi occupied france, revolutionary war, world war, struggle, revolutionary, revolution, freedom, immigration ...
Place:
eastern europe, warsaw poland, usa, europe
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
One hundred years after a nuclear war has devastated the planet, society has been reborn into two factions; the underground society and the scavangers above in the wastelands. A group of scavangers on bikes come across a town infested with flesh ...
Style:
serious, bleak, suspenseful, natural horror, slasher ...
Plot:
apocalypse, rat, male nudity, post apocalypse, dangerous animal, male star appears nude, survival horror, deadly creature, survival, danger, save the world, chaos ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
This film sheds light on the role of the Catholic Church and the people of Assisi in rescuing Italian Jews from the Nazis in 1943.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film
Plot:
catholic, world war two, catholic priest, christian, nazi, holocaust survivor, holocaust, pope, priest, friendship, catholic church, mother superior ...
Time:
1940s, year 1985
Place:
italy
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia, USA
Duration: 135 min.
TV show
Story:
War and Remembrance is an American miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Herman Wouk. It is the sequel to highly successful The Winds of War.
Style:
historical drama, saga, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, war, nazi germany, military, world war, submarine, dictatorship, nazi, winston churchill, hitler, u.s. president ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
asia, pearl harbor, pacific ocean, japan, europe ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport, War
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Fact based story about a former Greek Olympic boxer who was taken as a prisoner during World war II and placed in the Auschwitz prison camp. There he was permitted to survive as long as he fought for the amusement of his captors. His father and ...
Style:
disturbing, independent film, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, boxing, ss, prison, boxer, prison escape, fight, nazi, biopic, shoah, judaism ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1943
Place:
middle east, poland, europe, greece
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Poland 1939, shortly before invasion of the German troops. To save their belongings from the Nazis, the Jewish family Diamant transfers them to their 17-year-old catholic maid Fusia. In return Fusia provides them with food until the ghetto is ...
Style:
costume drama, historical drama, period drama, political drama
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, nazi, catholic, jewish ghetto, holocaust survivor, world war, world war one, christian, family relations, factory worker, ss officer ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
poland
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Denmark, UK, Germany, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Alex is an 11-year old boy who, during WWII, hides in the Jewish ghetto from Nazis after all the relatives have been sent to the concentration camp. The movie portrays the ghetto through his eyes.
Style:
period piece, serious, realistic, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, jewish ghetto, youth, wartime life, ghetto, boy, nazi, judaism, ethics, boy strangling, holocaust survivor ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
poland, europe, warsaw poland
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Jewish doctor helps a political fugitive during the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia.
Style:
experimental, surreal, neo noir, expressionism, freeze frame
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, surrealism, psychiatric patient, mental disorder, holocaust survivor, foreign legion, legion, colonialism, psychiatric hospital, hiding place, mental institution ...
Place:
central europe, czechoslovakia, prague
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Genre: Horror, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
During the last days of WW2, several female prisoners arrive at Camp 5 to work as sex slaves for officers and guinea pigs for horrific experiments by Nazi doctors who are trying to find a cure for burns. But these women are not going to die without ...
Style:
erotic, sensual, grindhouse, perverse
Audience:
adult
Plot:
nazi, nazi experiment, pregnant from rape, world war two, rape victim, female prisoner, swastika, depravity, evil, rape, sadism, prostitute ...
Time:
1940s
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Based on Anne Holm's acclaimed young adult novel North to Freedom, I Am David chronicles the struggles of a 12-year-old boy (Ben Tibber) who manages to flee a Communist concentration camp on his own -- through sheer will and determination. All ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, tense, sad ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
boy, self discovery, rescue, hopes, friendship, coming of age, children, human spirit, danger, courage, boyhood, holocaust ...
Time:
1950s, year 1951, year 2003, post world war two, year 1952 ...
Place:
denmark, switzerland, italy, europe, greece ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Austria, Italy
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still ...
Style:
psychological, costume drama, harsh, disturbing, epic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, hitler, nazi, war, nazism, suicide, fascism, holocaust, national socialism, dictatorship, third reich, paranoia ...
Time:
1940s, year 2004, 2000s, 20th century, year 1945 ...
Place:
germany, berlin germany, prague, europe, bavaria ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Netherlands, Germany, UK, Belgium
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.
Style:
erotic, psychological, tense, sexy, dramatic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, espionage, nazi, spy, nazism, resistance, female spy, occupation, gestapo, german soldier, war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1956, 1950s, year 2006, 20th century ...
Place:
netherlands, israel, holland, germany, belgium ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Germany, Luxembourg, Czech Republic
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A drama loosely based on Jean Bernard's Nazi-era prison diary.
Style:
serious, emotional, sincere, contemplative, uplifting ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, nazi, concentration camp, hopes, clergy, gestapo, catholic, nazi occupation, soldier, heroes, introspection ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 2004, post world war two
Place:
germany, belgium, switzerland, france, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
True story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine brought to thrilling, dramatic life. Sophie Scholl stars Julia Jentsch in a luminous performance as the fearless activist of the underground student resistance group, The White Rose. Armed ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, touching, suspenseful, political ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
world war two, politics, nazism, nazi germany, death sentence, nazi, resistance, gestapo, justice, historical character, trial, lawyer ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1943, 2000s, year 2005 ...
Place:
germany, munich germany, europe, poland, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Greece
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A child escapes from Poland during World War II and first heads to Greece before coming of age in Canada.
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, emotional, breathtaking ...
Plot:
holocaust, childhood trauma, haunted by the past, breakup, life is a bitch, fugitives, wartime life, coming of age, survival, war, boy, little boy ...
Time:
year 2007
Place:
canada, europe, greece, poland
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, USA, UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refuge is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, serious, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, family outing, adult
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, childhood, nazi, adoption, nazi germany, war, human spirit, against humanity, death, youth, nazism ...
Time:
1940s, year 2013, ancient times, year 1941, 2010s ...
Place:
germany, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany, Luxembourg, France, Israel
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Hannah Arendt is a portrait of the genius that shook the world with her discovery of “the banality of evil.” After she attends the Nazi Adolf Eichmann’s trial in Jerusalem, Arendt dares to write about the Holocaust in terms no one has ever ...
Style:
philosophical, psychological, realistic, political, anthropological ...
Plot:
holocaust, philosopher, nazi, feminist, strong female character, strong female lead, philosophy, biopic, nazi war criminal, world war two, war crime, legal ...
Time:
20th century, year 2012, 60s, year 1961
Place:
israel, germany, new york, usa, jerusalem
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Australia, Germany, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
After her Nazi parents are imprisoned, Lore leads her younger siblings across a war-torn Germany in 1945. Amidst the chaos, she encounters mysterious Jewish refugee Thomas, who shatters her fragile reality with hatred and desire. To live, she must ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, bleak, sincere, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, world war two, survival, hitler, children, coming of age, youth, war, concentration camp survivor, children in wartime, child as adult ...
Time:
year 2012, post world war two, 90s, 1940s, 20th century ...
Place:
germany, russia, hamburg germany, berlin germany, poland ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA, Austria
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II, she believes rightfully belongs to her family. She did so not just to regain ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, touching, cute, dramatic ...
Plot:
holocaust, art, lawyer, nazi, courtroom drama, justice, art theft, painting, injustice, legal, legal action, stolen painting ...
Time:
year 2015, 1930s, 1900s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
austria, vienna, los angeles, pasadena california, california ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An unsettling feeling overwhelms a small Hungarian town when two orthodox Jews arrive with a mysterious trunk. As residents begin to speculate on the purpose of the visit of these two strangers, order starts to crumble in town with some pursuing ...
Style:
black and white, art house, grim, tense, motivational
Plot:
holocaust, orthodox jew, world war two, guilt, village, world war, judaism, villain, nazism, holocaust survivor, dilemma, moral dilemma ...
Time:
year 1945, post world war two, 1940s
Place:
hungary
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport, War
Country: USA, Canada, Hungary
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Harry Haft is a boxer who fought fellow prisoners in the concentration camps to survive. Haunted by the memories and his guilt, he attempts to use high-profile fights against boxing legends like Rocky Marciano as a way to find his first love again.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, historical drama, period drama
Plot:
boxer, boxing, world war two, concentration camp survivor, concentration camp, life is a bitch, relationships, guilty conscience, martial arts, male female relationship, love affair, love interest ...
Time:
post world war two, 60s, year 1949, year 1963
Place:
germany, coney island brooklyn new york city, brooklyn new york city
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A pharmacist is murdered, and a woman happens to see the culprit leave the scene. She soon finds herself being stalked by the killer.
Style:
erotic, scary, rough, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot:
mystery killer, danger, woman in danger, investigation, courtroom drama, stalking, on the run, gory, serial killer, jury, psycho, male nudity ...
Time:
70s
Place:
europe, italy
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
At the end of WW2, a compassionate Dutch policeman helps smuggle a Jewish woman into British Palestine.
Style:
serious, realistic, uplifting, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
holocaust survivor, chaos, against the odds, woman in danger, holocaust, concentration camp, survival, escapades, getting home, rescue, society, against humanity ...
Time:
1940s, year 1946
Place:
palestine, israel, holland, netherlands, london ...
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